Are we in the throws of WWIII.  These are perilous times, and the situation in the Middle East is very precarious.  This is the manifestation of thousands of years of animosity and abhorrence between the children of the flesh and the children of the spirit.  Ishmael was born out of human effort to bring about blessing, while Isaac was born out of the blessing of God.  

The vehement and vicious energy behind the hatred the Arabs have for the Jews comes from the ANCIENT EVIL SPIRITS of the Fallen angels and their progeny.  They are the power behind the attacks against God’s chosen people since the beginning of time.  

There will NEVER be a peaceful negotiated resolution to this issue.  There is no way for light to negotiate with DARKNESS.  The forces of evil have no interest in peace.  They have no love or kindness in them.  Those who Hate God LOVE DEATH.  They are about violence, rape, war and destruction. NOTHING ELSE.  There is no way to appease them, no way to bargain with them because they are LIARS.  The devil is a LIAR and the Father of Lies.

Whether or not this is the start of WWIII, there is good reason to be concerned.  Everyone should be highly vigilant a prepared.  We know that there have been sleeper cells of violent terrorist groups and gangs across our nation.  They have been training in military style camps with the full knowledge of law enforcement and government officials.  They have not been spending all their time and money for no reason.  They PLAN on deploying to cities and towns NEAR YOU.   Pray over your loved ones daily.  Always be on the alert and on your guard.  Never travel alone or venture into secluded areas or enter into structures where you cannot be seen or heard.

DO NOT FEAR!!  TRUST GOD! Follow Him and you will come through.

I URGE YOU, do not be found on the wrong side of this war.  God is watching to see the choices you make.  Study to show yourself approved.  KNOW the REAL ENEMY.

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Iran parliament ‘burning’ American flag, chanting ‘Death to America’ amid Israel conflict? Truth behind video

A video showing Iranian parliament members chanting ‘death to America’ while burning the American flag surfaced on social media amid Tehran’s conflict with Israel. In the clip, almost a dozen lawmakers can be seen lighting a paper US flag on the parliament floor. However, the video is old.

Iranian MPs burning US flag in the parliament(X)

The video, from 2018, shows Iranian lawmakers demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 international nuclear deal. The MPs had staged a protest, chanting ‘Death to America’. At the time, Iran’s parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, said: “If Europe and important countries like Russia and China fill this international vacuum (in the deal), perhaps there will be a way to continue. Otherwise, the Islamic Republic of Iran will bring them (US) to their senses with its nuclear actions.”

Read More: Who will succeed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei if Israel takes him down? Here are top 5 contenders

“They have to know that under such circumstances, Iran has no commitment to remain in the nuclear position it was in before.”

Re-sharing the video on social media, one person wrote: “In Iranian Parliament, MPs burn the American flag while chanting “Death to America,” and threaten to use a nuclear bomb against the American homeland. Iran is a BIGGER PROBLEM FOR US.”

“In #Iran Parliament, Mullah MPs burnt the #USA flag while chanting “Death to America,” & also threaten to use a nuclear bomb against the American homeland,” a second one said on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

How the US bombarded Iranian nuclear sites without detection

By  FARNOUSH AMIRI and MEG KINNARD

Updated 3:24 PM EDT, June 22, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

B-2 bombers return to US base after strikes on Iran nuclear sites

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Dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, U.S. officials say the plan was characterized by a “precision strike” that “devastated the Iranian nuclear program,” even as they acknowledged an assessment was ongoing. For its part, Iran denied that any significant damage had been done, and the Islamic Republic pledged to retaliate.

Taking off from the U.S. heartland, B-2 stealth bombers delivered a total of 420,000 pounds of explosives, aided by an armada of refueling tankers and fighter jets — some of which launched their own weapons. U.S. officials said Iran neither detected the inbound fusillade, nor mustered a shot at the stealthy American jets.

The operation relied on a series of deceptive tactics and decoys to maintain the secrecy, U.S. officials said hours after the attack

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at Sunday’s briefing that it was all “part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise” and that only “an extremely small number of planners and key leaders” knew about it in Washington and Florida, where U.S. Central Command is based.

After 18 hours of furtive flying that required aerial refueling, the armed B-2 Spirit bombers, each with two crew members, arrived on time and without detection in the Eastern Mediterranean, from where they launched their attack runs. Before crossing into Iran, the B-2s were escorted by stealthy U.S. fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft.

A graphic released by the Pentagon showed the flight route as passing over Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. It was unclear whether those countries were notified of the U.S. overflight in advance. Most U.S. lawmakers were also kept in the dark, with some Republicans saying they were provided a brief heads-up by the White House before the strike.

“Our B-2s went in and out and back without the world knowing at all,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters Sunday.

The 30,000-pound bomb and plane used to strike Iran

Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri. / Credit: U.S. Air Force via AP, File

The bomb that Shaheen was referring to is the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, known as a MOP. It is designed to attack “deeply-buried facilities and hardened bunkers and tunnels,” according to the Air Force. It’s guided by military GPS and is meant to reach and destroy targets in well-protected facilities.

The MOP measures about 20.5 feet in length and 31.5 inches in diameter, according to the Air Force.

It’s designed to penetrate up to 200 feet underground before exploding. The warhead is encased in a special high-performance steel alloy, which is meant to enable it to carry a large explosive payload while maintaining the penetrator case’s integrity during impact, according to an Air Force fact sheet.

Boeing developed the GBU-57, and as of 2015, the aerospace company had been contracted to produce 20 of them, according to the Air Force.

Because of the GBU-57’s weight — it’s the heaviest bomb produced by the U.S. — the B-2 Spirit is currently the only aircraft in the Air Force that is equipped to carry and deploy it.

MOP late 15c., mappe “bundle of coarse yarn, cloth, etc., fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning or spreading pitch on a ship’s decks,” perhaps from Walloon (French) mappe “napkin,” from Latin mappa “napkin” (see map (n.)).

MAP from Latin mappa “napkin, cloth” (on which maps were drawn), “tablecloth, signal-cloth, flag,” said by Quintilian to be of Punic (Semitic) origin (compare Talmudic Hebrew mappa, contraction of Mishnaic menaphah “a fluttering banner, streaming cloth”)

bomb(n.) “explosive projectile,” originally consisting of a hollow ball or shell filled with explosive material, 1580s, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus “a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound,” from Greek bombos “deep and hollow sound,” echoic. Thus probably so called for the sound it makes.

B-2 Spirit

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber lands at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. / Credit: Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images

One of the key attributes of the B-2 Spirit is its stealth — it’s able to evade air defenses and reach heavily defended targets. It’s aerodynamically efficient and its internal weapons bays can carry two of the GBU-57 bombs.

Because of what the Air Force refers to as the plane’s “low-observable technologies,” the B-2 Spirit has a “high level of freedom of action at high altitudes.” It’s built with a combination of “reduced infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual and radar signatures.” This, along with composite materials, special coatings, wing design and other classified processes, make the B-2 difficult for even the most sophisticated defense systems to detect and track.

B second letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to Greek beta, Phoenician beth, literally “house.”

B in the Hebrew Alphabet

The Number 2 In numerology, number 2 is associated with harmony, balance, and duality. It represents the delicate interplay between opposites, such as yin and yang, light and dark, and male and female energies.  In numerology, the study of numbers and their mystical meanings, number 2 is considered a feminine and receptive energy. It complements the masculine energy of number 1, creating a harmonious union that represents the balance between assertiveness and receptivity. The number 2 is often seen as a symbol of cooperation, diplomacy, and partnership. It signifies the need for harmony and collaboration in order to achieve a sense of unity and balance In Chinese culture, the concept of yin and yang, which represents the balance between opposing forces, is deeply rooted in the number 2. This philosophy recognizes that harmony can only be achieved through the integration of contrasting elements. in ancient Greek philosophy, the number 2 symbolized duality and the contrast between mind and body. Plato, the renowned philosopher, believed that the soul was divided into two parts: the rational and the irrational. This division reflected the inherent dualistic nature of human existence.       Source

spirit(n.) mid-13c., “life, the animating or vital principle in man and animals,” from Anglo-French spirit, Old French espirit “spirit, soul” (12c., Modern French esprit) and directly from Latin spiritus “a breathing (of respiration, also of the wind), breath;” also “breath of a god,” hence “inspiration; breath of life,” hence life itself.The meaning “supernatural immaterial creature; angel, demon; an apparition, invisible corporeal being of an airy nature” is attested from mid-14c. The word is attested by late 14c. as “ghost, disembodied soul of a person”It also is attested from mid-14c. in English as “character, disposition; way of thinking and feeling, state of mind; source of a human desire;” in Middle English freedom of spirit meant “freedom of choice.” It is attested from 1580s in the metaphoric sense of “animation, vitality,” and by c. 1600 as “frame of mind with which something is done,”  the earliest use of the word in English mainly is from passages in the Vulgate, where the Latin word translates Greek pneuma and Hebrew ruah. A distinction between soul and spirit (as “seat of emotions”) became current in Christian terminology (such as Greek psykhē and pneuma, Latin anima and spiritus) Latin spiritus, usually in classical Latin “breath,” replaced animus in the sense “spirit”

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For years, some lawmakers and defense experts have suggested that the U.S. provide Israel with GBU-57 bombs and jets capable of carrying them — but the idea is controversial, with critics arguing the move would be provocative.

The United States launched Operation Midnight Hammer, under which Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan were hit. US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s nuclear sites sustained “monumental damage” in the American attack. However, satellite images raise several key questions about the effectiveness and impact of the US strikes

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The US has conducted strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, claiming to have degraded Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran maintains the strikes had zero impact, stating they had moved enriched uranium to undisclosed locations prior to the attack. The US and Israel assert the targeted sites, including Fordow and Natanz, have been neutralised. The conflict now involves a war of information and propaganda, with both sides presenting conflicting narratives about the effectiveness of the strikes.

As per images released by Maxar Technologies, which were shared by several analysts on X (formerly Twitter) and news agency AP, there was heightened activity at the Fordo nuclear site before the US strike. Several trucks were seen gathered at the entrance of the nuclear facility. Several image analysts said it might be a possible “logistics shuffle”.

An analysis by a nuclear nonproliferation group based in Washington shows Iran likely filled in tunnels at its nuclear site at Isfahan ahead of US strikes early Sunday, reported AP.

The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security published satellite images taken by Airbus it assessed showed trucks dumping soil into tunnels at the site on Friday

Iran Uses Its Largest-Ever Missile For Revenge Attack Over US Strike: Khorramshahr-4 Specs | Israel

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, June 23 — Iran Uses Its Largest-Ever Missile For Revenge Attack Over US Strike: Khorramshahr-4 Specs | Israel

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The US attack likely targeted the tunnel entries, the group said. “At least three of the four tunnel entrances are collapsed. The status of the fourth one is unclear,” it said, as quoted by AP.

The report claimed that Iran has also likely filled in tunnels at its underground Fordo enrichment facility before the strike.

Meanwhile, the US cruise missile strike at the Isfahan site likely destroyed its uranium conversion facility, the Institute for Science and International Security said. That facility takes natural uranium and turns it into uranium hexafluoride, which is what Iran spins in centrifuges to enrich.

Trump Calls US Action ‘Monumental’, Opens Up on ‘Regime Change’

Trump asserted on his Truth Social platform that Iran’s nuclear sites sustained “monumental damage” in the American attack. “The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!” Trump posted.

Trump openly floated the idea of regime change in Iran after the US conducted airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. In a post on Truth Social, the 79-year-old wrote that while it is not conventional to call for “regime change,” he does not see how this cannot happen in Tehran if its current regime did not work towards “Making Iran Great Again (MIGA).”

Iran Vows Retaliation

Iran has said that the US “decided to destroy diplomacy” with its strikes on the country’s nuclear programme and that the Iranian military will decide the “timing, nature and scale of Iran’s proportionate response.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first public response after Sunday’s US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, vowed to punish Israel for its “big mistake,” pledging intensified attacks while omitting any mention of America’s role. “The punishment continues. The Zionist enemy has made a grave mistake, committed a major crime; it must be punished – and it is being punished. It is being punished right now,” read the post by Ayatollah‘s official X account.

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The U.S. Has Issued ‘Serious’ Travel Warnings for 4 Countries

The U.S. State Department has issued a number of travel warnings in June, but only four have risen above the standard Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions level.

The United States regularly updates its list of travel warnings in the State Department database. The travel warnings range from Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions to Level 4: Do Not Travel.

In June alone, we’ve had 10 travel warnings updated on the state department’s website. However, only four of them have risen above the Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions level.

The U.S. State Department is warning against travel to four notable countries in the month of June.

Airport in Bali. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP) (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)
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The U.S. State Department has issued four “serious” travel warnings in June:

India is perhaps the most notable country on the list. The U.S. issued the travel warning due to “crime and terrorism. Some areas have increased risk.”

The warning was updated due to crime.

“Violent crime is a concern in the Dominican Republic despite more police presence in areas often visited by tourists. Do not display wealth and be wary of meeting individuals from online in secluded locations,” the alert states.

The U.S. issued the following safety tips:

Mozambique was previously Level 3.

“Exercise increased caution when traveling to Mozambique due to health issues, crime, civil unrest, and terrorism. Some areas have greater risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.”

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Any final decision on retaliation, however, will rest with the country’s Supreme National Security Council and leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The parliament vote merely advises him of the option to pursue.

Newsweek has reached out to the White House by email on Sunday morning for comment.

Why It Matters

The U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites—dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer”—in Isfahan, Fordow and Natanz marks the first direct involvement of America in the escalating crises between Iran and Israel.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. At its narrowest point, the strait is about 21 miles wide, with two shipping lanes that are 2 miles wide in each direction.

During the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, Iran targeted oil tankers and oil loading facilities. These actions did not fully block the Strait but caused sharp increases in shipping insurance premiums and delayed maritime traffic.

What To Know

Iran has long held that it can shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which it has held onto as a last resort for escalation. “Closing” the Strait would mean making it impossible to navigate, with the Iranian Navy possibly laying down mines in the water to deter ships or the military shooting missiles to harass tankers.

“The Parliament has reached the conclusion that the Strait of Hormuz should be closed, but the final decision in this regard lies with the Supreme National Security Council,” Revolutionary Guards Commander Ismail Kowsari, member of the National Security Commission of the Parliament, announced on Sunday, according to Al Arabiya and the Jerusalem Post.

The vote took place Sunday following “Operation Midnight Hammer,” in which seven B-2 stealth bombers flew into Iran and dropped 14 Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on two of Iran’s nuclear sites, including the Fordow site. A third site was hit with Tomahawk submarine-launched cruise missiles.

Donald Trump said the sites had been obliterated by the U.S. operation, which included 125 aircraft overall in an operation that took 25 minutes to complete. However, Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine said Sunday that it will take some time to assess the full extent of damage to the sites.

What People Are Saying

Spencer Hakimian, founder of Tolou Capital Management, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday: “There are close to 50 large oil tankers scrambling to leave the Strait of Hormuz right now. Looks like the oil industry is expecting the Strait to be blockaded in the coming days.”

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday evening: “ANY RETALIATION BY IRAN AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT. THANK YOU! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”

What Happens Next?

Khamenei will need to approve any final action that would see a “closure” of the Strait, which can happen as soon as Sunday now that the parliament has approved such measures.

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The aftermath of “Operation Midnight Hammer,” the U.S. military’s audacious strike on Iran’s key nuclear facilities Saturday night, has plunged the international community into a new state of alarm.

While U.S. officials maintain the goal was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear ambitions and avoid war, a stark warning from former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has intensified fears of a dangerous escalation: a number of countries are now prepared to arm Iran with nuclear warheads.

President Donald Trump announced the successful bombing of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan via Truth Social on Saturday evening, asserting that the action was a “spectacular military success” in preventing Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.

READ: Secretary Of State Marco Rubio: Iran’s “Games” Led To Devastating “Midnight Hammer” Strikes

The Trump administration views Iran’s alleged proximity to nuclear weapons, coupled with its support for anti-Israeli terrorist organizations and its repeated calls for Israel’s non-existence, as a dire threat requiring immediate remedy.

However, Dmitry Medvedev, now Deputy Chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin, took to X to dissect what he sees as the true consequences of the U.S. attack, which Russia largely supports militarily. In a scathing 10-part thread, Medvedev laid out a chilling prognosis, suggesting the conflict could easily escalate far beyond a preemptive disarmament.

・The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue.

・A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.

・Israel is under attack, explosions are rocking the country, and people are panicking.

The US is now entangled in a new conflict, with prospects of a ground operation looming on the horizon.

・Iran’s political regime has survived — and in all likelihood, has come out even stronger.

The people are rallying around the country’s spiritual leadership, including those who were previously indifferent or opposed to it.

・The vast majority of countries around the world oppose the actions of Israel and the United States.

At this rate, Trump can forget about the Nobel Peace Prize — not even with how rigged it has become. What a way to kick things off, Mr. President. Congratulations!

READ: Vice President JD Vance: Iran Strikes “Reset,” Not Road To War

Earlier today, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided details of “Operation Midnight Hammer” at the Pentagon. General Caine praised the “complex and high-risk mission,” carried out with “exceptional skill and disciplined by our joint force,” by seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers that journeyed 18 hours from Whiteman Air Force Base.

Despite the intensity of the strikes, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in his first interview since the action, insisted on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures that the U.S. is “

Rubio claimed that while some countries might publicly condemn the U.S. actions, “privately, they all agree with us that this needed to be done.”

READ: The stark divergence in narratives between U.S. officials and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev paints a deeply concerning picture for global stability. With a nation like Russia suggesting the potential transfer of nuclear warheads to Iran, the already volatile situation in the Middle East appears poised for an unprecedented escalation.

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BURNING WITH HATE Iranians BURN US & Israel flags and chant “we want to DIE for Ayatollah”

SEETHING Iranians burned US and Israeli flags and swore their allegiance to the regime in mass protests across the country.

Thousands flooded the capital’s streets after weekly prayers, chanting for the death of the west and pledging their lives to the Supreme Leader.

Israel has urged the people of Iran to rise up against the regime, but there are still pockets of support for the Islamic government.

But alongside their loyalty to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the crowds aimed vitriolic hate at Israel and the West.

Photos show Israeli and US flag deliberately set on fire and trampled on.

A sea of Iranian and Hezbollah flags and photos of Khamenei were paraded through the roads.

Footage also shows demonstrators brandishing pictures of commanders killed over the past week by Israel’s missiles.

One banner read: “I will sacrifice my life for my leader.”

Iranian state TV said: “This is the Friday of the Iranian nation’s solidarity and resistance across the country.”

The broadcaster said that protests also took place in other cities – particularly Tabriz in northwestern Iran and Shiraz in the south.

And there are reports of smaller scale gatherings in towns around the country.

While these crowds back the regime, there are plenty in Iran who want to see it toppled and the people finally freed from its tyranny.

Thousands have drained from Tehran and even left the country.

Friday’s protests were by far the largest since Israel and Iran began trading missiles.

Friday’s protests were by far the largest since Israel and Iran began trading missiles.

People took to the streets despite the ongoing threat of Israeli bombs.

In Isfahan, home to one of the nuclear facilities Israel has hit, thousands joined in the funeral of an Iranian killed in an Israeli attack.

Several men were seen carrying a coffin draped with Iranian flags and with a photo of a uniformed soldier.

Behind them, men, women and children followed, chanting: “Death to Israel, death to America.”

Protester Abu Hussein, a 54-year-old taxi driver, told Arab News: “It is an unjust war… Israel has no right.

“Israel is not in it for the (Iranian) nuclear (program).

“What Israel and the Americans want is to dominate the Middle East.”

The protests came on a day that efforts to find a diplomatic solution got gathered momentum.

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelled to Geneva to meet European foreign minsters – including those from the UK, Germany and France.

Earlier in the day, he attended a special meeting of the UN’s Human Rights Council.

Meanwhile, the UN’s Security Council met in New York upon Iran’s request.

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Palestinian spokesmen from PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas on down have expressed their frustration with the Oslo peace process, charging that it failed and is dead, thanks to alleged Israeli intransigence, and that therefore they have no choice but to go to the United Nations to seek full membership and therefore statehood.

It should be noted at the outset that for the Palestinians to unilaterally declare statehood, or even to take the issue to the United Nations, would be a grave violation of the PLO’s signed agreements with Israel, which explicitly barred such unilateral actions and appeals to outside parties. All of these agreements were also witnessed by outside parties including the United States, Russia, Norway, the EU, etc. If any of these countries now go along with material violations of agreements that they witnessed, that would raise serious questions about the worth of such agreements and the worth of such witnessing.

As for Palestinian frustration, they may indeed be frustrated with more than 18 years of on-again, off-again negotiations, but the question is with whom should they be frustrated – Israel, or their own leaders? For the fact is, just as the legendary Israeli diplomat Abba Eban once said about relations between the Arabs and Israel, “The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” and there have been many statehood opportunities that Palestinian leaders have wilfully missed.

Why do the Palestinians refuse a negotiated peace? Because a negotiated peace means the end of the conflict, or at least promising to end the conflict and accept Israel. But the Palestinian leadership wants a state so that they can continue the conflict from a stronger position. In particular, they want a state and they want to keep pressing in every way for the “right of return” to Israel.

Israel would not agree to that in negotiations, which is why Palestinians want a state without negotiations, and without having to make any compromises.

In accord with this, at least three times the Palestinians have refused statehood when it was offered to them, most recently just a few years ago. Here are the details:

1. In 2008, after extensive talks, then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and presented a comprehensive peace plan. Olmert’s plan would have annexed the major Israeli settlements to Israel and in return given equivalent Israeli territory to the Palestinians, and would have divided Jerusalem.

Numerous settlements including Ofra, Elon Moreh, Beit El and Kiryat Arba would have been evacuated, and Hebron would have been abandoned. Tens of thousands of settlers would have been uprooted. Olmert even says preliminary agreement had been reached with Abbas on refugees and the Palestinian claim to a “right of return.”

Olmert recounted much of this in an interview with Greg Sheridan in the Australian newspaper:

From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations.

On the 16th of September, 2008, I presented him (Abbas) with a comprehensive plan. It was based on the following principles.

One, there would be a territorial solution to the conflict on the basis of the 1967 borders with minor modifications on both sides. Israel will claim part of the West Bank where there have been demographic changes over the last 40 years…

And four, there were security issues. [Olmert says he showed Abbas a map, which embodied all these plans. Abbas wanted to take the map away. Olmert agreed, so long as they both signed the map. It was, from Olmert’s point of view, a final offer, not a basis for future negotiation. But Abbas could not commit. Instead, he said he would come with experts the next day.]

He (Abbas) promised me the next day his adviser would come. But the next day Saeb Erekat rang my adviser and said we forgot we are going to Amman today, let’s make it next week. I never saw him again. (Nov. 28, 2009)

And this is not just a self-serving claim by Olmert – Abbas, in an interview with Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post, confirmed the outlines of the Olmert offer and that he turned it down:

In our meeting Wednesday, Abbas acknowledged that Olmert had shown him a map proposing a Palestinian state on 97 percent of the West Bank — though he complained that the Israeli leader refused to give him a copy of the plan. He confirmed that Olmert “accepted the principle” of the “right of return” of Palestinian refugees — something no previous Israeli prime minister had done — and offered to resettle thousands in Israel. In all, Olmert’s peace offer was more generous to the Palestinians than either that of Bush or Bill Clinton; it’s almost impossible to imagine Obama, or any Israeli government, going further.

Abbas turned it down. “The gaps were wide,” he said. (May 29, 2009)

Ha’aretz published Olmert’s map, showing a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza with a free passage route to connect them. The map, which also showed the Israeli territory that would have been swapped with the Palestinians in return for annexing some Israeli settlements to Israel, is reproduced below:

Olmert’s peace proposal

2. In the summer of 2000 US President Bill Clinton hosted intense peace talks at Camp David between Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and Israeli leader Ehud Barak, culminating in a comprehensive peace plan known as the Clinton Parameters, which was similar to the later Olmert Plan, though not quite as extensive.

Despite the vast concessions the plan required of Israel, Prime Minister Barak accepted President Clinton’s proposal, while Arafat refused, returned home, and launched a new terror campaign against Israeli civilians (the Second Intifada).

Despite the violence, Prime Minister Barak continued to negotiate to the end of his term, culminating in an Israeli proposal at Taba which extended the Clinton proposal. Barak offered the Palestinians all of Gaza and most of the West Bank, no Israeli control over the border with Jordan or the adjacent Jordan Valley, a small Israeli annexation around three settlement blocs balanced by an equivalent area of Israeli territory that would have been ceded to the Palestinians. As chief US negotiator Ambassador Dennis Ross put it in a FoxNews interview:

… the Palestinians would have in the West Bank an area that was contiguous. Those who say there were cantons, completely untrue. It was contiguous… And to connect Gaza with the West Bank, there would have been an elevated highway, an elevated railroad, to ensure that there would be not just safe passage for the Palestinians, but free passage. (Fox News, April 21, 2002)

According to Ambassador Ross, Palestinian negotiators working for Arafat wanted him to accept the Clinton Parameters, but he refused. In response to Brit Hume’s question as to why Arafat turned these deals down, Ross said:

Because fundamentally I do not believe he can end the conflict. We had one critical clause in this agreement, and that clause was, this is the end of the conflict.

Arafat’s whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door. He was being asked here, you’ve got to close the door. For him to end the conflict is to end himself.

Here’s the Taba map proposed by Israel, which was once again turned down by Arafat:

Taba Map (Ha’aretz)

3. UN Resolution 181, the Partition Resolution, passed in November 1947, called for the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in the land which at that point was controlled by the British-run Palestine Mandate. All the Arab countries opposed the resolution, voted against it, and promised to go to war to prevent its implementation. Representing the Palestinians, the Arab Higher Committee also opposed the plan and threatened war, while the Jewish Agency, representing the Jewish inhabitants of the Palestine Mandate, supported the plan.

The Arabs and the Palestinians were true to their word and did launch a war against the Jews of Palestine, violating both Resolution 181 and the UN Charter. Much to the surprise of the Arab side, the Jews were able to survive the initial onslaughts and eventually win the war.

The fundamental fact remains that had the Arabs and the Palestinians accepted the Partition Resolution and not violated the UN Charter by attacking Israel, there would be a 63-year-old Palestinian state today next to Israel, and there would not have been a single Palestinian refugee.

Just as today, it seems that even in 1948 the Arab side was more concerned with opposing and attacking the Jewish state than with creating a Palestinian state.

Besides the above statehood opportunities, there were other notable opportunities that were missed too, such as the 1978 Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, which provided for Palestinian autonomy in the territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begged the PLO and Yasir Arafat to accept what he had negotiated with Israel, and to engage in talks with Israel. President Carter also called on moderate Palestinians to come forward and join the Cairo conference. Unfortunately Arafat refused and did everything he could to undermine Sadat and the Camp David Accords, with PLO gunmen even murdering West Bank Palestinians who supported Sadat’s approach.

While the Palestinian people have much to be frustrated about, the object of their frustration should be not Israel, but their own leaders, who have thrown away opportunity after opportunity to establish the Palestinian state they claim to desire above all else.

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A protest in support of Palestinians in London last Saturday. Credit:PA

To quote from the original Hamas charter: “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it just as it obliterated others before it … The day of judgment will not come until Muslims fight the Jews and kill them.”

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‘Death to Israel, death to America’: Iran marks anniversary of 1979 embassy takeover

Crowds gather in Tehran, burn US and Israeli flags; parliament speaker criticizes Washington for its support of Israel in war against Hamas

By Agencies and ToI Staff4 November 2023, 3:40 pm

Herodotus had said that the Curetes (Telchines, Magi, Sorcerers, Sea Peoples) had come to Crete with the Phoenician Prince Cadmus. In Latin Crete is called, “Cappadocia or Cappadocian” who were known as a large tribe of the Magi and are also called fire-kindlers. Herodotus tells us that the name of the Cappadocians was applied to them by the Persians, while the Greeks had simply called them, “Syrians” or “White Syrians.” The Latin name of the Cappadocians were known as “the men of Caphtor”, who we can call today, “the men of Crete.”    source

Cappadocia or Cappadocian refers to a large tribe of the Magi in Latin Crete, also known as fire-kindlers. The name was applied by the Persians, while the Greeks called them “Syrians” or “White Syrians   SOURCE
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RESTORED 11/7/23 This series will address some very critical topics related to your very near future.  In order to find our way through the future, we will be taking a trip all the way back to the beginning – GENESIS to discover the source, the origin of the Spiritual Battle/Warfare that has been raging throughout … Click Here to Read More

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The Rephaim and Nephilim were giants who lived after the flood. They were likely descendants of a giant named Rapha. The Rephaim were connected to the Anakim and shared some sort of blood relation with the Nephilim¹

The Rephaim

Though the Rephaim are never mentioned directly in the same breath as the Nephilim, they are directly connected to the Anakim, whom are connected with the Nephilim.

Steve Quayle has conducted much research on the topic, and claims the two were cousins, or, shared some sort of blood relation. By extension, thus, the Rephaim were also distant descendants of the Nephilim.

These people are first mentioned in Genesis 14.

Genesis 14:5

“And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim…”

Interestingly enough, these people are depicted as being defeated by the coalition responsible for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. As they were distantly removed from the 1st generation Nephilim, their strength was not on par with their ancestors. This defeat, however, does not seem to imply a complete annihilation.

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King Chederlaomer & His Army – Gen. 14

Map of Og, king of Bashan’s Territory

Map of King Sihon’s Territory

The word “defeated”, has many meanings throughout the Old Testament, but not one refers to a total annihilation. This is important to keep in mind when considering the passage above from Deuteronomy. This scripture states it was the Ammonites, the sons of Lot , who took control of the land.

Chedorlaomer and his army marched from Mesopotamia, and nowhere does Scripture relate they settled in the land.

In fact, they continued their march up the Eastern banks of the Jordan after their victory in the Vale of Siddim.

Abraham caught up to them, and slaughtered them as far as Dan, scattering them to only God knows where.

It was after this defeat by Chedorlaomer when Lot and his sons took possession of Ammon.

The destruction in Genesis, and the destruction in Deuteronomy, are assumed by many scholars to be the same. However, the wording of Scripture may indicate two separate defeats of the these people.

Regardless, after Chederlaomer’s defeat they were severely crippled and lost the overpowering influence they once possessed.

This passage does attest to the fact that the descendants of the Nephilim; the Anakim, Rephaim, Zamzummin, and Emim, were in existence dating back to the time of Abraham.

They lived throughout the land of Canaan, and were still regarded by God as exceedingly wicked. In fact, many scholars claim Canaan was a land of giants leading up to, and sometime after, Abraham’s arrival. Perhaps this was God’s reason for calling Abraham to the land of Canaan. Even during the lifetime of Moses, approximately 500 years after Abraham, the land was full of huge people. Moses’ spies reported back they “appeared like grasshoppers” compared to the locals.

God would eventually establish His Kingdom through Abraham, and would use the Israelites to destroy the remaining Nephilim influence which so dominated Canaan.

This theory would be in accordance with the passage from Deuteronomy 9 above, where God says its not because of Israel’s righteousness He is giving them the land.

Instead, it was due to the wickedness of its current inhabitants, which God saw necessary to eliminate.

Critics of the Bible have often pointed to the Old Testament God as being a God of wrath, jealousy, murder, and genocide. His treatment of the Canaanites has been a source of controversy over the years amongst scholars.

Yet, if in fact the Nephilim, or their descendants, were still living in Canaan , their influence would have been dominating, and their wickedness from the days of Noah continued, though on a much smaller scale.

When one considers the worldwide wickedness perpetrated by the Genesis Nephilim, it is not hard to fathom a similar control exerted over the “human” inhabitants of Canaan.

THE KINGDOMS OF MOAB & AMMON, RULED BY OG & SIHON DURING THE TIME OF MOSES. MOSES AND THE ISRAELITES DEFEATED THESE TWO WARLORD KINGS.

Rather on a worldwide scale, perhaps Satan sought to slip under God’s radar by limiting his evil influence to the land of Canaan.

The wickedness soon spread to the entire region, thus God’s necessity in destroying all Canaanites, lest some more Nephilim slip through the cracks.

This, of course, raises the question as to how they escaped God’s wrath initially. Refer to Schembrie’s theory as one possible explanation.

Regardless, God’s treatment of the Canaanites was justified by their atrocious wickedness, and their willingness to follow after the Nephilim’s descendants.

A passage from the second chapter of Deuteronomy seems to confuse the Rephaim’s identity. With close examination, however, it may shed some light on their identity.

Deuteronomy 2:10-11

“The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. Like the Anakim, they are regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.”

At first glance it would seem these beings, along with the Anakim and Emim, were different appellations for the same group of people. They were all “regarded” as Rephaim.

Though these groups were indeed very closely related, they were different factions of descendants from the Nephilim. This verse, then, seems to muddy the already muddied waters.

One must look at the Hebrew word translated “regarded”. The Hebrew word is “Chashab”. According to Spiro Zodhiates, this word is used 121 times in the Old Testament.

Chashab literally means to count, to count for, to impute, to esteem, to reckon. The fundamental idea of Chashab is that of “using the mind in the activity of thinking”.

With this interpretation, then, these three groups were not meant to be figured as the same group of people. Rather, the Israelites thought of these people along the same lines as they did the Anakim and the Emim.

They were a mighty people of great size. The Emim are said to have been a tribe of the Rephaim. By the time of the conquest, these people had nearly vanished from Canaan. Their demise can be gleamed from Deuteronomy 3:11.

“For only Og king of Bashon was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.”

Og, king of Bashon, was said to have been the last of the Rephaim. Og is an extremely interesting person in the Old Testament.

Og and Sihon, king of Gilead, were feared warriors and monarchs prior to the Israelite’s entrance into Canaan. Scripture describes Og as a giant. His bed was over 14 feet long, and over 6 feet wide! Not only that, it was made of iron. Iron was no doubt needed to support such a large body, which most certainly weighed hundreds of pounds. Nephilim giants such as Og, according to some scholars, may have been numerous at this time in the history of Palestine.

OG’S KINGDOM WAS GIVEN TO THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSAH. THEY SETTLED THE LAND AND BECAME ONE OF THE TRANSJORDAN TRIBES OF ISRAEL

Though Sihon is not said to have been a giant in Scripture, he was most certainly associated with these people. Rabbinnic literature states Og and Sihon were brothers. Sihon was the mightiest of the two, and the Midrash states he was the equivalent of Og in bravery and stature. These ancient rabbis also listed Og and Sihon as grandsons of Shamhazai.

Shamhazai was believed to have been one of the original fallen angles responsible for the Nephilim in Genesis.

These ancient documents also associate Sihon as the king of Arad, described as “the Canaanite” in Numbers 21:1.

Sihon was called “the Canaanite” because he was the overlord of all the land. Many kingdoms throughout Canaan paid him tribute. His capital lay in Trans-jordan, yet, he possessed many territories and vassals in Canaan. This is astounding evidence that the Nephilim were still dominant, and exerting a mighty influence upon the land of Canaan.

Sihon was the overlord over all the land of Canaan. Og and Sihon were eventually defeated by the Israelites, yet, the Nephilim influence remained in the land. Whether this tribe, and other similar tribes, were descendants of the Nephilim are not is open for interpretation. The return of the Nephilim to Canaan seem to have taken place centuries before the conquest!

MAP OF THE TRANSJORDAN ONCE HOE TO TRIBES OF THE REPHAIM

However, one cannot deny the wickedness associated with these people. Their names indicate such. Emim translates as “the fearful ones”. Anakim translates into “the long-necked ones”. The Rephaim translates as “the dead ones”.

The Zamzummim translates as “buzzers”.

According to the local inhabitants of Canaan, these people possessed a strange language, which sounded more like buzzing than actual speaking. Yet, another mysterious aspect of these descendants of the Nephilim.

Though the exact nature of the Genesis 6 passage is much debated today, it was not always so. In fact, up until the 4th or 5th centuries AD, the ancients believed these beings were actual fallen angels.

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Wipe Israel Off The Map: Israel, Apartheid, Hamas and The Bible

Pastor Greg Laurie

576K subscribers

148,990 views Premiered Oct 19, 2023

The enemies of Israel are not seeking a ‘2 State Solution” They want a “Final Solution”. They want the Jewish people dead and they want Israel, in their words, “Wiped off the face of the map”. How do you negotiate with people like that? I gave this talk 2 days ago and I deal with a lot of the issues being discussed right now like. . .Is Israel an Apartheid nation? Should Israel strike back against her enemies? What is “Replacement Theology?” And why is it wrong? We must say prayers for Israel and for peace in the Middle East.

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I RAN A SEARCH ONLYE FOR A MAP THAT SHOWS THE “CURRENT” NATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.   THIS IS WHAT CAME UP FIRST.
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Middle East Map With Countries

IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS SOMETHING EVERY CURIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM THIS MAP…  THERE IS NO MENTION OR REFERENCE TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

MY SEARCH FOR A MAP OF CURRENT MIDDLEASTERN COUNTRIES TURNED UP THIS EQUALLY CURIOUS MAP, WHICH SHOWS THE “STATE OF PALESTINE” AS IF IT WAS ALREADY OFFICIALLY A STATE. 

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This version of the map does label Israel, but it also labels Palestine and STATE OF PALESTINE… It is Not A STATE.

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